Syphilis and HIV Prevalence among Commercial Sex Workers in Central Java, Indonesia: Risk-Taking Behavior and Attitudes That May Potentiate a Wider Epidemic

AIDS Patient Care and STDs

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 595-600

  Sugihantono, A ^a   Slidell, M ^b   Syaifudin, A ^a   Pratjojo, H ^a   Utami, I M ^a   Sadjimin, T ^c   Mayer, Kenneth H ^b,d  

^a Provincial Health Services   (Indonesia)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GADJAH MADA UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

^d MIRIAM HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INDONESIA; PROSTITUTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; SEROPREVALENCE; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONDOMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDONESIA; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; SYPHILIS;

EID: 0344823761     PISSN: 10872914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/108729103322555980     Document Type: Article

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